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Diagnostic Error & Claims: Reducing the Risk Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Diagnostic Error has been described as the New Frontier in Patient Safety. Claims data supports this contention. A large study by the Rand Corporation has demonstrated that patient adverse events and medical malpractice claims go hand in hand … and that reducing one can ... |
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Medical Error Prevention and Root Cause Analysis Provided by: NetCE The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 1999 publication To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, illuminated the unfortunate reality of medical errors in the healthcare industry. The report reviewed the prevalence of medical errors in the United States and highlighted mea... |
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Root Cause and Systems Analysis Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course introduces students to a systematic response to error called root cause analysis (RCA). The goal of RCA is to learn from adverse events and prevent them from happening in the future. The three lessons in this course explain RCA in detail, using case studies and e... |
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Human Factors and Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course is an introduction to the field of "human factors": how to incorporate knowledge of human behavior, especially human frailty, in the design of safe systems. You’ll explore case studies to analyze the human factors issues involved in health care situations. And ... |
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Professional Liability Risks for Family and General Practice Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Primary care physicians are in short supply, posing the risk of patient overload and increased medical error. Malpractice claims for Family and General Practitioners are on the rise. This Internet presentation reviews the most common medical misadventures for Family and Gene... |
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Fundamentals of Patient Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of patient safety. You’ll learn the different types of errors, why errors occur, and how they can be prevented. You’ll understand effective and ineffective strategies for responding to errors when they do occ... |
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Florida Mandated Prevention of Medical Errors 2 Hours Course for Nursing, Dental and Other Healthcare Professionals. Provided by: Biologix Solutions, LLC Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: Summarize the types of medical errors. List factors that increase the risk of medical errors. Define populations of special vulnerability. Identify responsibilities for reporting medical errors. Explain processes for ... |
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Disclosure of Medical Error: A Physician's Risk Management Guide Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Discussing adverse medical events with patient and family is perhaps the most difficult conversation physicians will undertake. Too often, physicians postpone, delegate or avoid these difficult conversations. Prompt, empathic communication initiated by the physician is the... |
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Fundamentals of Improvement Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Serious errors occur at the best hospitals and clinics – despite the best efforts of talented and dedicated providers. As the Institute of Medicine (IOM) declared in 2001, in words that still ring true, “Between the health care we have and the care we could have lies not... |
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Prescription Errors and Their Legal Consequences: Best Practices for Prevention Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.® This program is designed to investigate possible causes of prescription medication errors from a legal standpoint by providing the most current data available and presenting strategies to improve safety in health care. ... |
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Introduction to Patient Safety Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement No one embarks on a health care career intending to harm patients. But much too often, patients die or suffer injuries from the care they receive. In this course, you’ll learn why becoming a student of patient safety is critical for everyone involved in health care today. ... |
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Prevention of Medical Errors Provided by: Anderson CE The course must include a study of rootcause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety.... |
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Diagnostic Error in Radiology: Reducing the Risk Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Diagnostic error is becoming a new focus in Patient Safety. This is especially relevant to radiologists because diagnostic error accounts for over half the medical malpractice claims in radiology. This mixed-media Internet activity will examine the sources of diagnostic er... |
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Communicating with Patients After Adverse Events Provided by: Institute for Healthcare Improvement You chose to work in health care in order to care for people. So when you accidentally harm a patient, it can be exceptionally hard to talk about it. In this course, you’ll learn why communicating with patients after adverse events can feel so difficult for health care pro... |
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Beyond Informed Consent (US) Provided by: Medical Interactive Community Patients have more choices than ever before about new procedures and treatments. The proliferation of medical news in the popular media fuels unrealistic expectations for a perfect outcome, making a truly Informed Consent more important than ever. However, Informed Consent ... |
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